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Assault Mechs

Assault Mechs are the "... lords of the battlefield," weighing in from 80 to 100 tons. Experiemental mech models over 100 tons have been tried, but were too slow to prove to be useful (as mobility is part of a mech's charm). Superheavy vehicles (weighing 150 to 200 tons) have been known to exist, and were primarily part of the Star League arsenal.

While "100 tons" is the expected mass of many assault mechs, many of the well known assault mechs weigh less than that. These include the Battlemaster, Awesome, Victor, Zeus and Stalker.

Assault mechs generally have the heaviest and most destructive weaponry (like the 80 ton Awesome's 3 PPCs), but their top speed is capped to 64.8 KPH - often less. No Inner Sphere power plant has been able to effectively give more speed to an assault mech without compromising its offensive or defensive capabilities.

These machines are the rock on which smaller mechs break like water, and indeed most do. Some mechs of this class are capable of mounting armor which weighs as much as a light mech.